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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason
6558
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
[Emerson]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
22511
Some reasonings are stronger than we are
[Philolaus]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / c. Reasons as causes
9284
Reasons are 'internal' if they give a person a motive to act, but 'external' otherwise
[Williams,B]